Screw-eye driver.



'PATENTED MAR. 24, 1908.

Tt I. FEGLEY. SCREW BYE DRIVER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2. 1907.

serrer) sfrAres NSYl'JViillLi, LSSIGNOR TO NRTH BROS. MFG illlBLliirllA, PENNSYLVAN lA, A CGHPORATY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

moms oo., or ris.

Perrier orFICE.

SGREW'E'YTQ DRIVER.

No. essere?.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Marcil 24, 190s.

Application ler January 2, 190'?. Serial No. {lm-3%.

To all whom 'i meg; con feria:

Be it known tiret l, liiomlis llico-mv, s Citizen of the United States. residing iii Philadelpliie, Pennsylvanie, have invented certoir'i 'lmprovernerits in Screw-Eye Drivers, of which the following is s specification.

My invention relotes to cert-oie improvements in means for attaching e screw oye toy a screw iriver so that tlie screw eye con be driven by the use of one lieuil mil irc-oilily detached by simply withdrawing the (iriver when the screw eye is iii place.

My invention is also applicable for the por pose of removing e screw eyewlion desired. ln the accompanying'(ironing: Figure l, is a side view of my improved screw eye driver, showing: the screw eye in plm-o,- Fig. 2, is mi enlarged viewol' 'the heed driver; l-"ig, 3, is a. sectioiioll View on. the line 3MB, Fig. 4; l*1 4, is e. sectional view on the line m4, Fir. L: Fig. r5, is s sectional, vieri' on the line 5-5, Fig. 3; Fig. 6, is un eiiilview; Fig. ''.is'sview similar to Fig. l, showing' the jews released so .that the screw eye een be readily vplaced iii tive view, showing the ports iletsichetl,

A. is tlie 4lieririle ci 'the screw driver. B is the shook smi ./l." is ratchet mechanism which may lie Used 'irri-some instituties lout which is riot necessary mid forms no pert of invent-ieri tlie slisiili moy lie rigidly 'securedto elle liorirlle in immy ceses.

Seculeflto the slxiuik ii is e. lieml C, slotted .et o for the reception o tlie eye iortioii n of tl'ie serew eye iiirroimding tlm li'eorl C is s. El; mvo ports C and l) being' sooureil to tire el'isnls: by" s trsr 'erse Vin l. 'llie sleeve lies o ti ,groove ol et esos. siale slicing; with the slof; e is. time loesll C, but the slot is fle/eri '1" es. 'ille bose of tire slot li sini the lisse ot erich s i 'fiofpeil rlisis oonstrootioo, le# .t the oye por tios ci fe rely iii tile heeft, tri-e ,it/ingr smell eye lere slioiilil li @givetlie ai. rigori "f liesil otro s; i secured. to. o. ring` l iii soy 'liasse 'jews paies between me sleeve il, ss elesrly illus`- 4e 'evi trol trete i g, the lieszl lieiiigr llette rse, the sleeve holding the position tlie tof. l,'oiid Fig. Ei, is s perspeo-- jews omi preventing them from turning il ilepoiifleiitly of tlie hoed. Mounted between the heed mul the sleeve E. is s coiled spring tending to reirse-'t the sleeve snfl its spring `jaws. f

t Will be, noticed that the spring jews are. brought together at their extreme ends sod' 60 slightly flared et e forming a. grip for the sliimk portion. 'o' of the screw eyev and in orilcr to center the screw eye I preferably noto-l1 the ends e it e', as clearly illustrated in Fig. (i. Y'

The operstion of the device is as follows: When it is desired to attach. the screw eye toL the driving tool the spring'clamp is forced@ outwards. by pressure, as indicated in Fig. 7, tlien'tlie eye portion of the screv eye is70 forced in betweentlie flaredr portions e of the spring jews and into the slot c in the hood (l until the eye rests eitlier'in the V- grooves d in. the sleeve or the V groove in the lisse, according to the size of the eye. Then the spring` clamp is relessedand the spring li will retract this elsnip until it assumes the position. illustrated. in Fig, l.4 l`lie'er1ds e of tlie jews beur Afirmly upon the shrink of the screw eye; the sleeve preventie the spring. jews from spreading spe-rt Illy holding s screw eye to the sho-iik ofthe driver, the screw eye conv their oe reodilv screwed into position ivitli one lisnd ari released by simply pulling the driver swag; from the screw eye the spring }s,ws yiel under strain sufficiently to allow for the Wit drswsl of the driverleevin'; 'the screws ein position. When it is desired to remove t ie screw eye, ell that is rieeesssry is to push the driver on to the' eye o the screw, the springs Will yield. onder the pressure sind the oye will enter the slot iiov tlie driver smi the jews will grasp the screw eye st the slisrllr, their liy turning-the screw LiJiver lo. o. reverse direction the screw eye will turn out f e opening and it een loe readily detached. irons the iriver by s qriieir pull.

lily improved rlriver will. iit any of the ordinary' rlisroeters oi? screw oyes and in 10o tliiolrioss rari to the Width of the slot c. The liaise cit' tire slot being V-slispocl ss well as the notches iii the sleeve, the screw eye Will be centered, smi, held liririly eitlier by resti iii tlie il-slm. rod bese of the slot in the hea, or in the ef-s repeal notches in the sleeve.

It will be understood that a tool of this typo is of great advantage in removingV f gs, the screw eyes being generally in oosition that the are either apeineved with considerable difficulty, my improved tool a screw eye can ,y a plied or removed with the use be read; l of only one rand.

I clainiff l 1. The combination in a screw driver, of a shank, a head on said shank recessed so as to be capable of engaging limited ortions of o poslte sides of a screw eye, a s e'eve on the liead and co stating therewith to held the screw eye, a s iding lamp having sprin@` jaws capable of' engaging .the screw eye, and a s ring for retracting the clamp, substantial y as described,

2. The combination in a screw driver, of a shank, a head on the shank, a slot in the head, a sleeve mounted on the head and having V-grooves alinng with the slot in the head, a clamp consistn of a ring having two spring jaws attache( thereto extending on each side of the head, said jaws being arranged to clamp the shank of the screw eye, substantiallyas described.

3. The combination in a screw driver, of a shank, a head' secured to the shank, vsaid head being' slotted, a sleeve surrounding the head and secured thereto, and having V- shap'ed notches alining with the slot in the head, a spring clamp consisting of a ring having two spring 'aws extending between the head and the-seeve, and the ends of the shank of the screw eye, and a spring for rejaws abutting and notched to center the v 40 tractin the jaws, substantially as described,

4.' T e combination in a screw driver, of a shank,4 a head slotted to receive the eye portionvof the screw eye and constructed to engage limited portions of opposite sides of said eye, a sliding spring clamp having two jaws arranged te clam' and center the shank ofthe screw eye, an means Yfor retracting the clamp, substantially as described.

5. The combination in a screw driver, of a shank, a head on the shank having V- shaped seats for the screw eye, and a pair of spring clamping jaws, substantially as described. y

6. Tile combination in a screw driver, of 55 a shank, a slotted head on the shank, the base oithe slot being V-shaped at each side and having a central cavity, a sleeve surrounding the head having V-shaped notches,

and spring jaws for clam ing the shank of the screw eye, substantial y -as described.

7. The combination in a screw driver, of a shank, a slotted head, the base of the slot being hhshaped at each side of the center, a sleeve having V-shaped notches above the tl-shaped base of the slot in the head, and

sprin jaws for clamping the shank of a screw eye, t ie eye portion resting in the slot'in the head, substantially. as described.

ln testimony whereof, I have signed my namevto this specification, in the presence`- of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS J. FEGLEY Witnesses:

E. R. LOUGHERY, W'M. A. BARR. 

